Medicare Benefits Schedule - Item 56541

Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES

56541

56541 - Additional Information

Item Start Date:

01-Jul-2018

Description Start Date:

01-May-2004

Schedule Fee Start Date:

01-Nov-2004

Group

I2 - Computed Tomography

Subgroup

6 - Upper abdomen and pelvis

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - scan of upper abdomen and pelvis without intravenous contrast medium, not for the purposes of virtual colonoscopy, not being a service to which item 56841 or 57041 applies (R) (NK) (Anaes.)

Associated Notes

Category 5 - DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES

IN.0.19

Bulk Billing Incentive

To provide an incentive to bulk-bill, for out of hospital services that are bulk billed the schedule fee is reduced by 5% and rebates paid at 100% of this revised fee (except for item 61369, and all items in Group I5 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging). For items in Group I5 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the bulk billing incentive for out of hospital services is 100% of the Schedule Fee listed in the table.